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| Acknowledgements |
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3 | (1) |
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What Is Love? Eleanor Hull |
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4 | (1) |
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Amo, Amas, I Love a Lass John O'Keefe |
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5 | (2) |
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A Pastoral Dialogue Jonathan Swift |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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An Evening William Allingham |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Wishes for Her Denis Devlin |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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Blind Country Katherine Tynan |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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The Poems of Love Padraic Fallon |
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20 | (2) |
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Slievenamon Charles J. Kickham |
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22 | (2) |
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Shannon Estuary 1988 Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill |
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24 | (1) |
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Good Luck Oliver St John Gogarty |
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25 | (1) |
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Kitty of Coleraine Edward Lysaght |
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26 | (1) |
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The Dead-Tryst Katharine Tynan |
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27 | (2) |
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Silentium Amoris Oscar Wilde |
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29 | (1) |
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Stella's Birthday (1725) Jonathan Swift |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (2) |
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The Dawning of the Day Edward Walsh |
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35 | (2) |
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Oscar Wilde Ulick O'Connor |
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37 | (2) |
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At the Mid Hour of Night Thomas Moore |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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The Unmarried Clergy Frank O'Connor |
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41 | (3) |
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Finit Maire Mhac an Tsaoi |
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44 | (1) |
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Perfection Oliver St John Gogarty |
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45 | (2) |
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By the Field of the Crab-Trees F. R. Higgins |
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47 | (1) |
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Love and the Years Alfred Allen |
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48 | (1) |
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Song from The Recruiting Officer George Farquhar |
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49 | (1) |
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The Coolin James Stephens |
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50 | (2) |
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The Humble Petition of a Beautiful Young Lady Anonymous |
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52 | (2) |
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The Lark in the Clear Air Sir Samuel Ferguson |
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54 | (1) |
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Death Will Come Theo Dorgan |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Reconciliation Brendan Kennelly |
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57 | (2) |
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Exchanges in Italy Mary Twomey |
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59 | (2) |
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Do You Remember That Night? Eugene O'Curry |
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61 | (2) |
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Fair Amoret William Congreve |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Farewell to Last Night Myles Dillon |
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65 | (2) |
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On Sweet Killen Hill Tom Macintyre |
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67 | (2) |
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Flower-Quiet in the Rush-Strewn Sheiling Austin Clarke |
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69 | (4) |
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Love Poem Maurice James Craig |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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I Shall Not Die for Thee Douglas Hyde |
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76 | (2) |
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The Love-Sick Maid Sir Richard Steele |
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78 | (1) |
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Ready for Flight Eavan Boland |
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79 | (1) |
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Song Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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80 | (1) |
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Garnyvillo Edward Lysaght |
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81 | (2) |
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Love-Cry Brendan Kennelly |
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83 | (1) |
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Sighle of the Lovespot Joseph Campbell |
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84 | (2) |
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Martha's Wall Paul Durcan |
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86 | (1) |
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Song Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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87 | (2) |
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Corinne's Last Love-Song Jane, Lady Wilde (`Speranza') |
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89 | (1) |
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The Proud Lady Robin Flower |
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90 | (1) |
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From Sonnets for Roberta John Hewitt |
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91 | (1) |
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Love's Despair George Sigerson |
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92 | (2) |
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The Careful Husband The Earl of Longford |
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94 | (1) |
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I Cannot Lie Here Anymore Michael Hartnett |
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95 | (2) |
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From Mary Hogan's Quatrains James Gleashure |
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97 | (2) |
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Dechtire Thomas Macgreevy |
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99 | (1) |
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John-John Thomas Macdonagh |
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100 | (3) |
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From the Lament for Arthur Cleary Dermot Bolger |
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103 | (5) |
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Gracey Nugent Austin Clarke |
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108 | (2) |
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The Chairmaker Siobhan Campbell |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (1) |
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The Old Snaps Derek Mahon |
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115 | (2) |
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I Know Where I'm Going Anonymous |
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117 | (2) |
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The Other Woman Eavan Boland |
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119 | (2) |
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The Plummet Edward Dowden |
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121 | (1) |
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The Enchanted Mistress Lady Gregory |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (2) |
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Spring Love Francis Ledwidge |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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The Day Draws Near Lady Gregory |
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131 | (1) |
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Consolation Micheal Fanning |
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132 | (2) |
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The Song of Wandering Aengus W. B. Yeats |
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134 | (2) |
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No Second Deirdre Maire Mhac an Tsaoi |
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136 | (1) |
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I Wish My Love Was a Block of Wood Anonymous |
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137 | (1) |
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I Wonder Why Katharine Tynan |
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138 | (1) |
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The Young Bride's Dream Rhoda Coghill |
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139 | (1) |
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Cashel of Munster Sir Samuel Ferguson |
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140 | (2) |
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The Love War Desmond O'Grady |
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142 | (1) |
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The Irish Emigrant Helen Selina Blackwood |
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143 | (3) |
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146 | (2) |
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Into Their True Gentleness Pearse Hutchinson |
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148 | (2) |
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The Roving Lover F. R. Higgins |
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150 | (1) |
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Forgetfulness The Earl of Longford |
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151 | (2) |
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The Flower of Nut-Brown Maids Eleanor Hull |
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153 | (2) |
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Yourself and Myself Thomas Kinsella |
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155 | (2) |
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Welcome Michael O'Siadhail |
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157 | (2) |
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It Is Not Beauty I Demand George Darley |
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159 | (2) |
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What Her Absence Means Christy Brown |
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161 | (2) |
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The Scarf Brendan Kennelly |
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163 | (1) |
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The Young Man of Galway's Lament James Harpur |
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164 | (4) |
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Lay Your Weapons Down, Young Lady Thomas Kinsella |
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168 | (2) |
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Holyhead. September 25, 1727 Jonathan Swift |
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170 | (2) |
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Love Thee, Dearest? Love Thee? Thomas Moore |
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172 | (1) |
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Love Was True to Me John Boyle O'Reilly |
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173 | (2) |
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That Corner Blanaid Salkeld |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (1) |
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In the Greenwood Desmond O'Grady |
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178 | (1) |
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The Body's Speech Frank O'Connor |
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179 | (2) |
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My Grief on the Sea Douglas Hyde |
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181 | (2) |
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Quicksand Michael Hartnett |
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183 | (1) |
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She Moved Through the Fair Padraic Colum |
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184 | (1) |
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In the Midst of Possibility Gabriel Fitzmaurice |
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185 | (1) |
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Donall Oge: Grief of a Girl's Heart Lady Gregory |
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186 | (3) |
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The Outlaw of Loch Lene Jeremiah Joseph Callanan |
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189 | (1) |
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She Walked Unaware Patrick Macdonogh |
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190 | (2) |
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Lady and Gentleman Richard Weber |
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192 | (2) |
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Liadan and Curithir Kuno Meyer |
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194 | (2) |
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The Decline of Love W. E. H. Lecky |
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196 | (2) |
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Poem Left in a Lady's Toilet James Eyre Weekes |
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198 | (1) |
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Answer by the Lady's Maid |
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199 | (1) |
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Advice to a Lover S. Charles Jellicoe |
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200 | (1) |
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The Lass of Richmond Hill Leonard Macnally |
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201 | (2) |
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The Folly of Being Comforted W. B. Yeats |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (3) |
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Spring Night Richard Kell |
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207 | (2) |
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The Lover Mourns for the Loss of Love W. B. Yeats |
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209 | (1) |
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The Envy of Poor Lovers Austin Clarke |
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210 | (1) |
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A Time for Blushing Fergus Allen |
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211 | (2) |
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To the Lady with a Book Anonymous |
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213 | (2) |
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The Linen Industry Michael Longley |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (2) |
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Ringleted Youth of my Love Douglas Hyde |
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219 | (2) |
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Stella to Dr Swift Esther Johnson (`Stella') |
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221 | (3) |
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224 | (1) |
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The Gift Oliver Goldsmith |
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225 | (2) |
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She Comes Not When Noon Is on the Roses Herbert Trench |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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La Dame Jaune Oscar Wilde |
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229 | (1) |
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The Forlorn Queen Bryan Guinness, Lord Moyne |
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230 | (1) |
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The Meeting Francis Ledwidge |
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231 | (1) |
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She's My Love Augustus Young |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (1) |
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The Sleep-Song of Grainne over Dermuid Eleanor Hull |
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240 | (2) |
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Cradle Song for Eleanor Louis Macneice |
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242 | (2) |
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The Lover's Farewell James Clarence Mangan |
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244 | (1) |
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From the Rose Geranium Eilean ni Chuilleanain |
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245 | (1) |
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Epithalamium Roy Mcfadden |
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246 | (1) |
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Love's Chord Edward Dowden |
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247 | (1) |
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A Song Laetitia Pilkington |
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248 | (1) |
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A Love-Song Brendan Kennelly |
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249 | (1) |
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The Cold Heaven W. B. Yeats |
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250 | (1) |
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Hector Valentin Iremonger |
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251 | (1) |
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A Learned Mistress Frank O'Connor |
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252 | (1) |
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Tell Me Now Oliver St John Gogarty |
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253 | (1) |
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Mary Hynes Padraic Fallon |
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254 | (4) |
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258 | (1) |
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At Les Deux Magots Maura Dooley |
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259 | (1) |
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The Masque of May J. M. Synge |
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260 | (1) |
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Thee, Thee, Only Thee Thomas Moore |
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261 | (2) |
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Love's Young Dream Thomas Moore |
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263 | (1) |
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Way Back Then Fergus Allen |
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264 | (1) |
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Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usnach Sir Samuel Ferguson |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (1) |
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On Failing to Translate Hugh Maxton |
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270 | (1) |
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The Stars Stand Up Eleanor Hull |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (1) |
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Bedside Reading Seamus Heaney |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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The Shiny Posy Eleanor Hull |
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276 | (3) |
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Bluebells for Love Patrick Kavanagh |
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279 | (2) |
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The Song of Crede, Daughter of Guare Kuno Meyer |
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281 | (2) |
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Like Seals from Sleep Kevin Faller |
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283 | (1) |
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The Introduction Louis Macneice |
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284 | (1) |
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Thou Canst Not Boast of Fortune's Store Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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285 | (1) |
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Leda and the Swan Oliver St John Gogarty |
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286 | (6) |
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Quakerdom (The Formal Call) Charles G. Halpine |
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292 | (2) |
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The Red Man's Wife Anonymous |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (1) |
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Tete a Tete Thomas Kinsella |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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Entanglement Gabriel Fitzmaurice |
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299 | (2) |
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A Restoration Brendan Kennelly |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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Not Gone Yet John Swanwick Drennan |
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303 | (1) |
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The Difficulty That Is Marriage Paul Durcan |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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What Have I Gained? Lady Gregory |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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What Will You Do, Love? Samuel Lover |
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309 | (2) |
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The Planter's Daughter Austin Clarke |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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Advice to Her Son on Marriage Mary Barber |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (2) |
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The Search Gabriel Rosenstock |
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316 | (3) |
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Sonnet Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton |
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319 | (1) |
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He Praises His Wife Robin Flower |
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320 | (2) |
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Contentment Brian Macguigan |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (2) |
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Will You Be as Hard? Lady Gregory |
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325 | (1) |
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By the Sea-Wall Vincent O'Sullivan |
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326 | (2) |
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With My Little Red Knife Patrick Galvin |
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328 | (2) |
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With Onne Long Kiss J. M. Synge |
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330 | (1) |
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Woe to Him Who Slanders Women Thomas Kinsella |
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331 | (2) |
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Something of a Departure Pal Muldoon |
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333 | (1) |
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Consolation William Larminie |
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334 | (2) |
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Return to Avondale Eithne Cavanagh |
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336 | (1) |
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She Mends an Ancient Wireless Paul Durcan |
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337 | (1) |
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Parfum Exotique Padraic Fallon |
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338 | (1) |
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On Not Being Your Lover Medbh Mcguckian |
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339 | (1) |
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Old Letters Edward Dowden |
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340 | (1) |
| Permissions Acknowledgements |
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341 | (4) |
| Index |
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